Category: Around the World
A horrific and disturbing incident of online homophobia and bullying in the United Kingdom that included a teenager being told that homosexuality is a “deformity” and “worse than cancer” has raised questions about the rise of such incidents and the lack of support from social media platforms such as TikTok. The incident, described as “sinister” […]
Tokyo will begin to recognise same-sex partnerships in a step forward for LGBTQ+ rights in Japan. There is hope other Japanese jurisdictions will follow as the country edges slowly closer to advancing LGBTQ+ rights. The Tokyo metropolitan government have unveiled a draft plan to accept registrations starting in October from same-sex couples seeking legal recognition […]
A worrying new outbreak of Monkeypox has been reported in Europe, with the majority of those infected gay and bisexual men. British health authorities have identified four “rare and unusual” cases of the disease among men who appear to have been infected in London and had no history of travel to the African countries where […]
Blackpool defender Marvin Ekpiteta has publicly apologised for past homophobic posts he made, explaining he supports his teammate Jake Daniels, and his views have changed. Ekpiteta’s apology follows the recent news of Blackpool teammate Jake Daniels, who came out in an interview with Sky Sports this week, making him the first active professional male footballer in […]
Former American rapper Kidd Creole has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after killing a homeless man who he “thought was gay” and was hitting on him. Kidd Creole, (real name Nathaniel Glover) who is best-known for being a member of the group Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five with his brother Melle Mel, […]
Scott Johnson’s murder in 1988 was originally dismissed by police as a suicide, now the truth has been revealed. A man who pleaded guilty to a 1988 murder of a gay American man in Sydney has disclosed during his sentencing hearing that he himself is gay. Scott White was sentenced to 12 years and seven […]
New legislation that would see Romanian schools banned from using any materials that “promote” being LGBTQ+ has been approved by the nation’s Senate and could soon become law. Following success in the Senate, the bill will now be debated in Romania’s Lower House has been sold as a measure to prevent “child abuse” and has […]
The Prime Minister of Norway has made a formal apologised to the nation’s rainbow community for the historical persecution of gay men. Marking the 50th-anniversary of the repeal of section 213 of the penal code, which criminalised sexual relations between men, the nation’s Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, apologised to the community for the stigmatisation […]